Toure, Ayew, Aubameyang to contest African Player of the Year

The Confederation of African football have announced that the 2015 African Player of the Year will be contested between 2014 winner Yaya Toure, Andre Ayew, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Toure was captain of the Ivorian side that lifted the 2015 African Cup of Nations, which was won against Ayew’s Ghana, who won the top scorer award.

Gabon captain Aubameyang, on the other hand, has scored 25 goals in 26 appearances this season for German giants Borussia Dortmund.

The winner will be announced at the Glo-CAF awards gala scheduled for the 7th of January 2016 in Abuja, Nigeria, along with winners in all respective categories which include men’s player of the year, women’s player of the year, African based player of the year, team of year and more.